More Fun Comics #51 - First Appearance of Biff Bronson, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue: #51
Publication date: January 1940
Key date: January 1940
On-sale date: November 28, 1939
Indicia publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Biff Bronson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Wing Brady - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Trapper; wolves
2	In Paris	comic story	6	script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey	Wing Brady First
3	-	cartoon	0.5	pencils: Geo Papp; inks: Geo Papp
5	-	comic story	6	script: Al Sulman; pencils: Koppy; inks: Koppy	Biff Bronson First
6	-	comic story	6	script: Paul J. Lauretta; pencils: Paul J. Lauretta; inks: Paul J. Lauretta
7	-	comic story	4.9	script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
8	The Spectre; More Fun Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.1	pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
9	Flash Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Dennis Neville; inks: Dennis Neville
10	"Kit" Strong	comic story	6	script: Maurice Kashuba; pencils: Maurice Kashuba; inks: Maurice Kashuba	Kit Strong (only appearance)
11	Gambler's Luck	text story	1	script: Jack Anthony
12	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
15	-	comic story	6	script: B. Hirsch; pencils: R. Lehman; inks: R. Lehman
16	Panama Honors Its Canal	text article	0.4	letters: typeset
18	-	cartoon	0.67	script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane
20	-	comic story	6	script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison	Flying Fox (last appearance)
21	The Wheels of Death	comic story	4	script: Joe Donohoe; pencils: Joe Donohoe; inks: Joe Donohoe
22	-	comic story	6	script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack Lehti
23	-	comic story	6	script: Bart Tumey; pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart Tumey
24	-	comic story	1	script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab
25	He's Back with Us Again!! Superman	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster

Plus 4.1 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Alter Ego #4	1999	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
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Series context

‹ #5043 of 119#52 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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